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A chance meeting (1987)

There’s a truck parked on the side of the road and Mac (Bryan Brown) rushes to grab them a lift. It turns out to be the recently widowed Lily (Noni Hazlehurst), the love of Mac’s life, and she brings him ... [read more]

Rehearsing for war (c1918)

The Australian Prime Minister, Mr WM Hughes, poses for the camera with General Sir William Birdwood, commander of the Australian forces in France, in mid-1916. Mr Hughes is accompanied by the Australian High Commissioner to Great Britain, Andrew Fisher, a ... [read more]

Hyde Park and Lloyd George (1941)

This home movie filmed by the Australian Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, in 1941 shows Hyde Park, filled with rubble from the Blitz, then cuts to some close-ups of British Home Secretary, Lloyd George. [read more]

‘You’re all mad’ (1979)

During her indoctrination at the Hyma Brotherhood’s compound, Kate Davis (Chantal Contouri) is told by Mrs Barker (Shirley Cameron) and Hodge (Max Phipps) that drinking human blood is the ultimate aristocratic act. [read more]

From joy to tantrum (1995)

The film opens with Jane (voiced by Rachel Griffiths) swimming in the sea she loves, walking by its shore and telling us of her joy at being pregnant. But when indoors, her mood flares into a tantrum. [read more]

‘I can’t help what I feel’ (1978)

Beth (Margaret Cameron) has left her husband and wants to live with her lover, Terry (George Shevtsov). Terry rejects the proposal, saying he does not feel the same way about Beth. [read more]

Kings saved by Ransom (1950)

The King family is about to turn back, defeated by dry waterholes, when they meet a government patrol officer. Ransom (Michael Pate) tells them where to find water. He and Wally (Chips Rafferty) then discuss the King family’s new land ... [read more]

A troublesome parson (1937)

Reverend Abel (George Doran) starts a series of fights with various passengers and crew, including Mr Packer (Desmond Hay). Chief Officer Vowels (William Carroll) warns the parson to stop making trouble. Miss Fortescue (Mollie Kerwin) attempts to follow Packer into ... [read more]

Mercenaries, misfits and missionaries (1996)

Peter Barter, the Governor of Madang Province, comments that democracy thrives in Papua New Guinea after twenty years of independence. [read more]

Making do (2005)

Gayle Shann may not have survived her horrific injuries if her neighbour Robyn Newbury had not been a trained nurse. Robyn took instruction from the Flying Doctor service that was not able to reach the property for two hours. It ... [read more]

Violin virtuoso (1990)

The caretaker Mr Bretherton (Jonathan Hardy) seems to help Greta (Erica Kennedy) play Jason’s (David Presser) very difficult violin solo when he smiles at her from the balcony. Everyone is amazed at her performance – apart from Flea (Simon Grey). ... [read more]

Catriona Brown (2005)

Actress Catriona Brown asked still photographer Carol Jerrems to take photos of her for her portfolio. Jerrems agreed if she could also use them for her own portfolio. Brown describes how Jerrems included two 15-year-old boys and how Jerrems introduced ... [read more]

Railcar and swimming (c1926)

This clip contains two sequences. In the first, a railmotor pulls around a corner and passes by the camera before pulling into a station. Various shots of this scene show different aspects of the station. A second sequence shows a ... [read more]

View of Brisbane, c1929 (c1929)

Aerial views show Brisbane’s city centre as well as rural settings by the Brisbane River in approximately 1929. [read more]

Efftee Studios’s opening speech (1931)

Standing in front of his desk, Minister for Trade and Customs, Frank Forde, directly addresses the camera in a speech running over three minutes. The speech makes mention of: a new era in Australian industries; greater opportunities for production in ... [read more]

‘Don’t come back, Tessa’ (1994)

Tessa (Pamela Rabe) is remembering the night, at age 16, that her life changed forever. She closes a window and, at the next moment, her sixteen-year-old self (Simone Pengelly) falls into the room, in the midst of a miscarriage. Later, ... [read more]

A road train driver (2007)

Thommo (Shane Jacobson), a road train driver, is baffled when he stops at the road-closed-due-to-flooding sign placed earlier by John with the aim of preventing vehicles from heading any further. He calls local cop Rosco (Bryan Brown, who stopped John ... [read more]

‘A Milk Tray day today’ (c1955)

This clip contains three short advertisements, all with the jingle 'sing toora-lay it’s a Milk Tray day today’. The first is set in a fairground with a couple riding on a carousel. The man offers the woman Milk Tray chocolates ... [read more]

Pop star (1990)

Wilton grants CW’s wish to be the most exciting person in the whole world in order to induce Katie (Ebony Ricketson) to fall in love with him. Instantly, CW is a famous rock star with a gigantic hit song ‘The ... [read more]

Teamwork (1998)

Alex (Nicki Wendt) asks the kids – Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) to combine their individual ideas to create one character. After a lot of arguing they finally achieve ... [read more]

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